? “EU decision to lift Syrian oil sanctions boosts jihadist groups: Jabhat al-Nusra, an al-Qaida affiliate, consolidates position as scramble for control of wells accelerates”. Very complex situation with the Syrian government paying al-Nusra to keep the oil flowing, the Kurds fighting to protect their oil interests, and Iraqi tanks protecting other oil wells. Chaos ensured.

? This has been on-again, off-again for awhile, but it now seems JP Morgan shareholders are determined “to strip Jamie Dimon of chairmanship: US banking giant facing revolt by dissidents in wake of $6bn London Whale trading loss last year”.

? “For more than 100 years, the Anna Louise Inn in downtown Cincinnati has been a safe, serene place [for] thousands of struggling women”. Then Western & Southern, a Fortune 500 company, wanted it and after two years snared it. Money talks; poverty walks.